1 Kings 2:16

2:16 Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ¹  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ² 

1 Kings 2:20

2:20 She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ³  Please don’t refuse me.” ⁴  He said, ⁵  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ⁶  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ⁷  That would not be fair, ⁸  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ⁹  the Lord from my youth.

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “She said, ‘Speak!’”

[2:20]  ³ tn Or “I’d like to make just one request of you.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “Do not turn back my face.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the king said to her.”

[18:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ⁷ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).